In the News in 1941

- FDR signed lend-lease act authorizing transfer of war material to England

- German troops under Rommel battle British troops in Africa

- German troops invaded Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete

- German troops invade Russia

- Fair Employment Practices Committee was established to promote African American equality in defense industries and government employment

- The AFL and the office of Production Management agreed to a no-strike agreement

- U.S. peacefully occupied Iceland for the duration of the war

- FDR embargoed oil and scrap metal to Japan

- German U-boats sank U.S. destroyer Reuben James

- Tojo becomes Japanese Premier

- Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

- Congress declares war on Japan